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Rutgers to introduce Jordan on Tuesday

Rutgers will introduce its new men's basketball coach at his old stomping grounds Tuesday. A 4:30 p.m. ET news conference to announce Eddie Jordan's hiring will be at the College Avenue Gym in New Brunswick, N

Rutgers will introduce its new men's basketball coach at his old stomping grounds Tuesday.

A 4:30 p.m. ET news conference to announce Eddie Jordan's hiring will be at the College Avenue Gym in New Brunswick, N.J., where Jordan and fellow members of Rutgers' 1976 Final Four team played home games.

Affectionately known as "The Barn," the 2,000-seat gym is still used by some Rutgers teams. Several members of the 1976 team are expected to attend, including Hollis Copeland, who sits on Rutgers' board of trustees. Jordan was the point guard on that squad, which went unbeaten in the regular season.

The official hiring will come 20 days after Mike Rice was fired after a video showed him grabbing and throwing ball at players, and uttering anti-gay slurs during practices across his three seasons. The scandal also forced former athletics director Tim Pernetti to resign.

Jordan's contract, believed to be in the ballpark of five years and $6.25 million, is expected to be approved by the board of governors at their 2:30 p.m. ET special session Tuesday.

Jordan, who most recently served as an assistant coach with the Los Angeles Lakers, will be Rutgers' 18th head coach for men's basketball.

He still has a residence in New Jersey and interviewed for the position in 2010, when Rice was hired.

Jordan will have plenty of work to do. Rutgers went 15-16 last season and five Scarlet Knights have asked to leave the program. The latest is starting guard Eli Carter, who broke his leg late in the season.

The NCAA on Monday said it will work with the receiving institutions to process each transfer request, including waiver requests to forego sitting out a season. Those will be judged a case-by-case basis.

"NCAA staff is prepared to move quickly in reviewing any request it receives," the NCAA said in an email to the Associated Press.

Rice did not make it to postseason play in his three seasons, and Rutgers overall hasn't been to the NCAA tournament since 1991. Jordan's first season will be Rutgers' last in the Big East, and the Scarlet Knights will join the Big Ten Conference in 2014-15.

Jordan's selection has been well received at the university, which has been embarrassed by the video's fallout and had some donors threaten to cut off funding. The university subsequently is reviewing all of its sports and suspended men's lacrosse coach Brian Brecht indefinitely Friday for allegations of verbal abuse.

Jordan has been a head coach in the NBA with Sacramento, Washington and Philadelphia, posting a 257-343 record. He played in the NBA from 1977-84, winning a championship with the Lakers in 1982.

Besides the Lakers, Jordan also served as an assistant coach with Sacramento and New Jersey, helping the Nets reach the NBA Finals twice (2002, 2003).